Wire fencing.



I0 MODEL.

F. H.IDANIY BLS. WIRE FENCING.

APPLICATION mm) 151:0. a. 1903.

PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

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FPH. DANIELS. WIRE FENCING.

APPLICATION IILED DBO. 8.1903.

,PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

UNITED STATES.

Patented June 7, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

FRED H. DANIELS, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

WIRE FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 761,663, dated June '7,1904.

Application filed December 8, 1903. Serial No. 184,259. (No model.)

- do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates generally to that type of fencing where thelongitudinal line-wires are united together at intervals by transversewires forming stays, and more particularly to fencing wherein thetransverse stay-wires are formed in sections extending from one linewireto another and having the meeting ends of the sections united to eachother and to the line-wires by welding.

The principal object in view has been to provide a fence having greaterstrength and durability than those where the stay-wires are coiledaround theline-wires; also to economize. in material by reducing theamount of wire required in the joints between the stay and line wires;also to provide for an increased amount of flexibility in the completedfencing, so as to adapt it for hilly or uneven ground, and incidentallyto lessen the weight of the fence by reducing the amount of wirerequired in the joints.

Heretofore the usual method of making this type of fencing has been toweld the staywires to the line-wires, so that the joints between thelongitudinal wires and the transverse stays are rigid and unyielding;but it is characteristic of the present invention that the jointsbetween the stays and the longitudinal wires are not rigid, but areadapted to yield or give, the meeting ends of the staywire sectionsbeing welded only to each other and not to the longitudinal wires, andthe connection between the stay-wires and the line: wires being made bylooping or bending the ends of the stay-wire sections around thelongitudinal wires, so as to hold the latter against movementtransversely of the fencing, but to allow them to move slightlylengthwise of the.

fencing and with respect to the stays without displacing the latter.

The invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specilication, wherein- I Figure 1 illustrates a side elevationof a section of fencing embodying the present improvement. Fig. 2 is anenlargeddetail showing the manner of securingthe stay-wire sections tothe line-wires. Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 2 looking in thedirection of the arrow. Fig. i is a perspective illustrating the jointbetween the stay-wire sections and one of the intermediate line-wires.Fig. 5 is an elevation similar to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of theinvention; and Figs. 6. 7, and 8 are detail views similar to the second,third, and fourth, showing, respectively, the same features in themodified form of joint.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to at (0 indicate the longitudinalborder-wires, and I) Z) the intermediate line-wires. There may be anynumber of these line-wires, and they may be spaced at uniform orgraduated distances.

apart. The stay-wires, considered as a whole, extend from one borderwire to another. Each stayis formed in sections 0 c c, corresponding tothe spaces between the longitudinal wires and only of such length as toextend from one wire to another, with provision for making the jointsbetween the wires and uniting the ends of the sections to each other.The stays may be securedto the border-wires in any preferred manner. Asherein shown, the connection is made by coiling the outer ends of thestays around the border-wires one or more times without welding, asshown at i. The meeting ends of the stay-wire sections are connected tothe intermediate line-wires by having their ends bent or looped aroundthe latter, as best illustrated at a a in Fig. 4, where it will be seenthat the lower end of the upper stay-wire section 0 is bent or loopedaround the under side of the line-wire, and the upper end of the sectionc of the stay-wire immediately below is bent or looped around the upperside of the line-wire, so that the two bends or loops lie side by side,as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and are parallel and in contactwith each other. It not being intended that the joints between thestay-wires and line-wires should be rigid, the bends or loops are notgripped upon the line-wires with suffieient pressure to lock themagainst movement; but it being desirable to unite the meeting ends ofthe sections 0 c 0 rigidly together into one continuous stay-wire theloops or bends a a are welded together (preferably electrically) betweenthe points (Z a, Fig. 3, the weld being confined to the loops or bendsand not extending to or including the line-wires. T he border and linewires may be crimped, if desired, to permit yielding. If such crimps areprovided, they are preferably, though not necessarily, made, as shown inFig. 4, at the intersection of the stay wires. As shown in Figs. 2, 3,and 4, the loops or bends a a in the stay-wire sections practicallysurround and inclose the line-wires. It is not to be understood,however, that the invention is lim ited to suchdetail, for, ifpreferred, the ends may be simply hooked over the line-wires and unitedtogether, as in the modification presently to be described, or may bemore completely looped around said line-wires than is shown in the otherfigures, it being an inconsequential matter to what extent the meetingends of the stay-wire sections surround the line-wires, provided theends of the sections sui'liciently overlap 0r inclose the line-wires asto permit of their being rigidly welded together.

The form of fencing shown in Figs. 5 to 8 is in all respects like thatillustrated in the other figures, except in so far as the particularjoints between the stay-wire sections and the line-wires are concerned.In these figures the meeting ends of the stay-sections are bentlaterally, as shown at /L [L in Figs. 6 and 7, and are not curved aroundthe line-wires as in the other form, but are slightly offset, as bestillustrated in the sixth figure, and extend transversely outward, thearrangement being preferably such that one end lies above the otherinstead of lying side by side. As in the former construction, the bendsor loops it /a are not so firmly gripped upon thel1ne-w1res as to make arigid oint and preclude yleldmg movements between the wires. The ends ofthe bends or loops /1 are, however, rigidly welded together where theylie in contact between the points (1 e, so that all the sections 0 c care united into one continuous stay.

The construction being as thus described, it will be obvious that thefence may be made upon any suitable machinery and that the welding maybe done simultaneously with or after the forlnation of the jointsbetween the stay and line wires. ,It is also to be noted that althoughonly two forms of these joints are illustrated herein the invention isnot limited to any particular joints or to any particular manner oflooping or bending the stayevirc sections aromul the line-wires,provided such joints are suitable to permit the ends of the stay-wiresections to be rigidly united together, but having such eonneetion withthe line-wires as will permit the slight yield or give above described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure,is

1. A wire fence composed of longitlulinal line-wires and transversestay-wires, where the stay-wires are in sections extending only from oneline-wire to another, and where the ends of the stay-wire sections arelooped or bent around the line-wires, the adjacent bent ends of thesections being welded to each other only and not to the line-wires.

2. A wire fence composed ol longitudinal line-wires and transversestay-wires, where the stay-wires are in sections extending only from oneline-wire to another, and where the ends of the stay-wire sections arelooped or bent around the line-wires, the adjacent bent ends of thesections being welded to eaeh other, but connected to the line-wiresonly by the loops or bends.

In testimony whereof .l. allix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FRED II. DANIELS.

\Vitnesses:

A. F. Baoumx, H. M. LA'IHAM.

